diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 48056f3..48ef5c3 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def escape(input)
-      CGI.escapeHTML(input).untaint unless input.nil?
+      CGI.escapeHTML(input.to_s).untaint unless input.nil?
     end
     alias_method :h, :escape
 
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def url_encode(input)
-      CGI.escape(input) unless input.nil?
+      CGI.escape(input.to_s) unless input.nil?
     end
 
     def url_decode(input)
-      CGI.unescape(input) unless input.nil?
+      CGI.unescape(input.to_s) unless input.nil?
     end
 
     def slice(input, offset, length = nil)
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index 0eb12f0..41ca06c 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -128,8 +128,16 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
 
   def test_escape
     assert_equal '&lt;strong&gt;', @filters.escape('<strong>')
+    assert_equal '1', @filters.escape(1)
+    assert_equal '2001-02-03', @filters.escape(Date.new(2001, 2, 3))
     assert_nil @filters.escape(nil)
+  end
+
+  def test_h
     assert_equal '&lt;strong&gt;', @filters.h('<strong>')
+    assert_equal '1', @filters.h(1)
+    assert_equal '2001-02-03', @filters.h(Date.new(2001, 2, 3))
+    assert_nil @filters.h(nil)
   end
 
   def test_escape_once
@@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
 
   def test_url_encode
     assert_equal 'foo%2B1%40example.com', @filters.url_encode('foo+1@example.com')
+    assert_equal '1', @filters.url_encode(1)
+    assert_equal '2001-02-03', @filters.url_encode(Date.new(2001, 2, 3))
     assert_nil @filters.url_encode(nil)
   end
 
@@ -145,6 +155,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal 'foo bar', @filters.url_decode('foo+bar')
     assert_equal 'foo bar', @filters.url_decode('foo%20bar')
     assert_equal 'foo+1@example.com', @filters.url_decode('foo%2B1%40example.com')
+    assert_equal '1', @filters.url_decode(1)
+    assert_equal '2001-02-03', @filters.url_decode(Date.new(2001, 2, 3))
     assert_nil @filters.url_decode(nil)
   end